The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

The story

This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the opera itself. It perfectly captures the glittering never-land of rococco Vienna the way the Viennese—and the rest of the world—wish it had been, and it’s the ideal setting for an adult comedy of love and errors. Susan Graham is the aristocratic young Octavian, torn between two women: Renée Fleming as the Marschallin, the mature woman who understands that one day Octavian must leave her; and Christine Schäfer as Sophie, the young girl who unexpectedly captures his heart. Kristinn Sigmundsson is the lecherous Baron Ochs who sets the whirling plot in motion, and Edo de Waart conducts.

Cast

R Renée FlemingPrincess von Werdenberg S Susan GrahamOctavian K Kristinn SigmundssonBaron Ochs auf Lerchenau C Christine SchäferSophie T Thomas AllenFaninal P Plácido DomingoSelf - Host W Wendy WhiteAnnina S Stephen PaynterLeopold N Nicholas CrawfordMohammed E Erica StraussMarianne B Bernard FitchThe Princess's Major-Domo R Ronald NaldiFaninal's Major-Domo

See more cast

E Ellen LangA Noble Widow C Charlotte PhilleyA Milliner K Kurt PhinneyAn Animal Vendor R Rodell RoselValzacchi J James CourtneyA Notary E Eric CutlerA Singer S Sam MeredithA Hairdresser T Tony StevensonAn Innkeeper J Jeremy GalyonA Police Commissary